Rob Reiner
Writer / Actor / Director
About This Interview
Rob Reiner was interviewed for nearly four hours at his Castle Rock Productions offices in Beverly Hills, CA. Reiner talked about growing up surrounded by the group of comedy legends that included his father Carl, Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks. He talked about his first forays into performing and listed some of his early television appearances. He described his work as a television writer, particularly his staff job on the last season of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, for which he was partnered with Steve Martin. Reiner spoke in great detail about his next significant career achievement as a regular on the groundbreaking sitcom All in the Family . He discussed working with the series ensemble, described his character "Mike ‘Meathead' Stivic," and talked about the collaborative atmosphere on the set. Reiner then detailed his work as a director of feature films including such now-classic movies as This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally …and Misery. Reiner also talked about his role in the creation of Castle Rock Productions and his current work on children's development awareness, through "Parents Action for Children." The interview was conducted by Karen Herman on November 29, 2004.
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Highlights
Rob Reiner on his 1984 mockumentary This is Spinal Tap starring Christopher Guest and Michael McKean
Clip begins at: 00:01
Rob Reiner on how his All in the Family character's nickname "Meathead" has stuck with him since the show ended
Clip begins at: 20:41, Duration: 00m 43s- Rob Reiner on his All in the Family co-star Carroll O'Connor
Clip begins at: 23:25, Duration: 02m 55s - Rob Reiner on his All in the Family character "Mike 'Meathead' Stivic"
Clip begins at: 19:15, Duration: 01m 26s - Rob Reiner on All in the Family developer/ executive producer Norman Lear
Clip begins at: 07:00, Duration: 02m 05s
Interview
- Part 1
- On his early years; on his parents Carl and Estelle Reiner; on growing up in a showbiz household; on his father's series The Dick Van Dyke Show
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 2
- On his early acting and comedy career; on some of his early television appearances; on being a writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 3
- On being cast and co-starring in All in the Family
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 4
- On co-starring in All in the Family
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 5
- On co-starring in All in the Family
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On hosting the third Saturday Night Live telecast
Clip begins at: 24:40 - Part 6
- On working on Good Heavens; on creating and starring in the short-lived 1978 sitcom Free Country
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On the feature film Spinal Tap
Clip begins at: 03:46 - On the feature film Stand By Me
Clip begins at: 12:43 - On the feature film The Princess Bride
Clip begins at: 20:53 - On the feature film When Harry Met Sally
Clip begins at: 24:23 - On the feature film A Few Good Men
Clip begins at: 27:22 - Part 7
- On his film work and the actors he's directed; on the formation of Castle Rock
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On Castle Rock's development of Seinfeld
Clip begins at: 25:00 - Part 8
- On the success of Seinfeld; on his guest appearances in films; on his then-current (2004) projects; on advice to aspiring actors and directors; on how he would like eto be remembered
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Reiner is a true legend. His Spinal Tap is groundbreaking no matter how you look at it.
The anti-smoking nazis are not fun people to start with. All you can really do is educate and let people choose for themselves. When you start making ridiculous laws & taxes to force your will people stop listening to you.
Incrdible interview. What a great mind.
@Joecbg100 yeah, i bet he's pondering "My god, what nervous breakdown did i have when i directed North? and why didn't i apologize for it yet?"
you have just been reinerd
@dwadejr904 stand by me.. 1 of my favorite movies of all time
@dwadejr904 no
Butt out!
south park !
Everyone is on this from south park, did anyone already KNOW him from "All in the Family"?
His father was a great comedy writer and director. If you've ever seen the old sitcom "Dick Van Dyke Show" that was Carl Reiner's life.
I'm only here because of South Park as well, I hadn't heard of him before that, I'm a major nerd.
Funny how many people's voices stay the same as they get older. But for Rob, it seems to me that his voice has gotten a bit deeper since he did AITF.
seems like a nice guy
SOUTH PARK!!!1
Here because of Southpark.....Dude ate through that whole episode,lol.
south park, you piece of shit. Now I'm having a smoke.
0:01, thinking about the film North he made.
Swears at 7:30. Brilliant.
My goooo. My precious gooooooooo.
@wildcatnick99 haha yeah!!! mmkay
Got a cigarette Rob
shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut theeeeeeeeeeee fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup you fucking nerds dont need to fucking say your here because u seen him on south park ur fucing stupid if u havent heard of him before south park
@eatthis92 thats not true, he is very famous as a real person
@chaoscreater haha i thought he was gonna be way bigger
I'd hate to be reiner write now because people would only remember me from that stupid all in the family crap and most of all south park. God bless Trey and Matt!!!!!!!
omg he looks and actually sounds like southpark lol
south park =)
@jaroncreed
I have he's meat head from all in the family! I still think he's a liberal douche bag though and don't really care for him at all. Anti smoking laws suck.
south park
25.05 - Actually, this episode was not part of the first 13 ... it was the 9th episode of the 2nd season (so the 22nd episode of the series) ... called "Mike's Problem"
Rob Reiner played a great role on All in The Family. When he left the show, the arguing with Archie stopped the magic also left. The arguing brought out the issues and made the laughter.
Talks in this clip about actors from Stand By Me.
@potlick18 Wow you really got that south park episode memorized , next time take a line from gillmore girls nobody watches that shit
A great talent, his movies will endure the test of time.
rob reiner makes me sick! smoking is awsome! it has made america the country it is today whether you admit it or not. i dont care if i die of cancer when im 80, i dont wanna live to be 90 anyway.
best jokes?? are you fucking kidding me????? North was not funny!!!!! I have great respect for Rob Reiner but come on dude!!!
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